Method for Creating a Recipe for a Process-Related Process Plant

Abstract

Method for creating a recipe for a process-related process plant based on at least one service, wherein the at least one service is a representation, in terms of automation technology, of concrete physical embodiments of process-related operations of the process-related process plant, where in order to create the recipe, a substitute object assigned to the service is used for each individual service, the substitute object has a parameterization, via which, when merging the created recipe and a topology of the process-related process plant, the concrete physical embodiments of the process-related operations of the process-related process plant can be incorporated into the recipe, and where the substitute object(s) is/are realized in a programmable logic controller of a control system of the process-related process plant or in a batch system of the control system of the process-related process plant.

Claims

1. A method for creating a recipe for a process-related process plant based on at least one service, the at least one service being a representation, in terms of automation technology, of concrete physical embodiments of process-related operations of the process-related process plant, the method comprising: assigning substitute objects assigned to a service for each individual service; and utilizing the substitute object assigned to the service for each individual service to create the recipe, the substitute object having a parameterization, via which, when merging the created recipe and a topology of the process-related process plant, the concrete physical embodiments of the process-related operations of the process-related process plant can be incorporate into the recipe; wherein substitute objects are realized in a programmable logic controller of a control system of the process-related process plant or in a batch system of the control system of the process-related process plant.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substitute objects depict a status of each allocated service, consisting of a process-related module to which the service is allocated, in a temporally synchronized manner, in the programmable logic controller or in the batch system of the control system of the process-related process plant.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one part of each of the substitute objects is allocated to a service with a certain service instance, which represents a certain process-related function.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the process-related module has at least one first service, which has at least one first service instance and one second service instance, which differ from one other with respect to a process-related function which is represented by said at least one first service; wherein the process-related module has at least one second service, which has at least one service instance, which represents an identical process-related function to the first or the second service instance of the first service; wherein at least one substitute object is allocated to the service instance which the first service and the second service share identically.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a substitute object allocated to the services is utilized to create the recipe for at least two different services; and wherein the services are allocated to process-related modules differing from one another.

6. A programmable logic controller, comprising: a processor; and memory; wherein the programmable logic controller is configured to: create a recipe for a process-related process plant based on at least one service; wherein the at least one service is a representation, in terms of automation technology, of specific physical embodiments of process-related operations of the process-related process plant; wherein for each individual service, a substitute object assigned to the service is realized in the programmable logic controller; wherein the substitute object has a parameterization, via which, when merging the created recipe and a topology of the process-related process plant, the specific physical embodiments of the process-related operations of the process-related process plant can be incorporated into the recipe.

7. A batch system of a process control system, comprising: a processor; and memory; wherein the batch system is configured to: create a recipe for a process-related process plant based on at least one service; wherein the at least one service is a representation, in terms of automation technology, of specific physical embodiments of process-related operations of the process-related process plant; wherein for each individual service, a substitute object assigned to the service is realized in the batch system; wherein the substitute object has a parameterization, via which, when merging the created recipe and a topology of the process-related process plant, the specific physical embodiments of the process-related operations of the process-related process plant can be incorporated into the recipe.

8. A computer program comprising program code instructions, which are executable by a computer to implement the method as claimed in claim 1.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising commands which, when executed by a computer, prompt said computer to perform the method as claimed in claim 1.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0024] The FIGURE shows a flow chart of the method in accordance with the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

[0025] The FIGURE shows a flowchart of the method for creating a recipe for a process-related process plant based on at least one service, the at least one service being a representation, in terms of automation technology, of concrete physical embodiments of process-related operations of the process-related process plant. The method comprises assigning substitute objects assigned to a service for each individual service, as indicated in step 110. Next, the substitute object assigned to the service for each individual service is utilized to create the recipe, the substitute object having a parameterization, via which, when merging the created recipe and a topology of the process-related process plant, the concrete physical embodiments of the process-related operations of the process-related process plant can be incorporate into the recipe, as indicated in step 120. In accordance with the invention, substitute objects are realized in a programmable logic controller of a control system of the process-related process plant or in a batch system of the control system of the process-related process plant.

[0026] Although the invention has been illustrated and described in detail by the preferred exemplary embodiment, the invention is not restricted by the examples disclosed and other variations can be derived therefrom by a person skilled in the art without departing from the protective scope of the invention.

[0027] Thus, while there have been shown, described and pointed out fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the devices illustrated, and in their operation, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, it is expressly intended that all combinations of those elements and/or method steps which perform substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve the same results are within the scope of the invention. Moreover, it should be recognized that structures and/or elements shown and/or described in connection with any disclosed form or embodiment of the invention may be incorporated in any other disclosed or described or suggested form or embodiment as a general matter of design choice. It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the claims appended hereto.